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More Marketing Isn’t the Answer

Velvet Chainsaw

A strategic look at your marketing spend, as well as what you spend on your attendee experience, can be telling. According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. More or better marketing can’t fix this.

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Leveraging Team Learning at Conferences

Velvet Chainsaw

She pointed to a fascinating study of collective intelligence conducted by Thomas Malone , an MIT professor and director of Sloan School of Management’s Center for Collective Intelligence. Because not every organization understands how important the commitment to team collaboration is, conference organizers have an opportunity to “manage up.”

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TOP 25 best marketing conferences in Europe to attend in 2019

Eventory

2019 is here with its event calendar full of the best marketing conferences waiting for you to attend them. The marketing industry changes at a very fast pace. To keep track of emerging progress and novelties marketing specialists need to stay in the center of ongoing changes. Top 25 best marketing conferences in 2019.

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The Crisis of Connection

Velvet Chainsaw

appointed Tracey Crouch as the Minister of Loneliness after the British parliament released a five year study on loneliness that found more than 9 million people in the country reported they often or always feel lonely. We’re experiencing a global epidemic level of loneliness. Last week, the U.K. Face-to-Face Connection.

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How Much Should You Spend on Marketing Your Meeting?

PCMA Convene

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average, 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. Here are four insights we’ve learned from analyzing the marketing-spend category: 1. Marketing spend for conferences with an expo is usually closer to 6 percent.

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How Much Should You Spend on Marketing Your Meeting?

PCMA Convene

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average, 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. Here are four insights we’ve learned from analyzing the marketing-spend category: 1. Marketing spend for conferences with an expo is usually closer to 6 percent.

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Back to School for Trade Show Organizers: Build In More Ways to Learn and Connect

Velvet Chainsaw

Results from a recent CEIR study bolster that insight. It encompasses responses from both show organizers and their loyal attendees about the factors that drive attendance. To organizers, we believe that CEUs are the Fool’s Gold of Attendance Marketing. Let’s Drill Down on This. Stay tuned.